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(Application filed Feb. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE WV. PERRY, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

TROLLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,039, dated June 19,1900.

Application filed February 6, 1900. Serial No. 4,290. (No model.)

T all whowt it may concern.-

Be it known that I GEORGE W. PERRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolleys;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in trolleys by means of which manyof the objectionable features attendant upon the use of the ordinarytrolley and wheel are overcome without cumbering the mechanism andwithout adding materially to the cost of the usual appliances.

The object of my invention is to provide constructive means inconnection with the trolley appliances that will serve as a guide and anaid in the adjustment of the trolleywheel in contact with the wire andwhen so adjusted the same means serving to prevent clislodgment of thetrolley from the wire, and incidentally the providing of a guard-wheelfor contact with crossing wires along a trolley system.

My invention consists in the formation of the trolley-wheel support withvertical extensions from the body thereof in pairsone on each side ofthe trolley-wheeland carrying between the members of each pair a smallroller or smooth -surfaced wheel journaled therein. The main function ofsuch projections is served by those next adjacent to the trolley-wheel,which extend close alongside of the edges thereof and somewhat beyondthe same and are curved over the edges of the trolley-wheel, forming arib on each projection, which approach each other, leaving just I spaceenough between and just above the trolley-wheel to permit the entranceof the trolley wire, the upper edges of the projections being taperedtoward the rib formation and leading to the opening over thetrolleywheel, which tapering faces serve to aid in ing frame formed withmy devices and made a part thereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 3 shows side and front views, respectively, of guard-lugs,showing the detailed formation thereof.

In carrying out my invention I have sought to provide an improved andmore efficient trolley structure without adding to the cost, and forthat reason I purpose to narrow the trolley-wheel down to justsufficient thickness to carry the wire and to dispense with the usualvery much extended flanges and to provide a simple and shallow concavedbearing for the wire. By dispensing with the deep flanges, which are inpractice so destructive to the Wire on account of frequent contacttherewith, I protect the trolley-wire system to a great extent. Also byproviding small rollers at the head of the trolley-wheel and on eitherside thereof I am able to pass crossing wires with great ease and withlittle attendant jar, as the small rollers or wheels when striking thewires turn readily and do not catch,as is usual with the ordinarytrolley appliances, and, furthermore, the small rollers or wheelsgreatly facilitate in traveling curves that lead from a continuous line,as the rollers pass readily from the straight line-wire to the curvedtrolley-wire.

In the drawings, A is a ferrule projectio from the trolley-frame B,which is purposed to connect with the trolley-pole. In the trolley-frameB is journaled the trolley-wheel O.

D D are upwardly-projecting fingers bearing close up alongside thetrolley-Wheel and extending beyond it a short distance, and as they passbeyond the outer edge of the trolley-wheel they are curved inwardly,forming the ribs a a, which approach each other as they arch over thetrolley-wheel, leaving only a small open space between. The upper edgesof the fingers are tapered inwardly, as shown in the drawings, andparticularly in Fig. 1. The fingers D D, thus projected at the sides ofthe trolley-wheel and arching over it, serve to prevent dislodgment ofthe trolley-wire, and the tapered upper edges of the fingers serve toguide the wire to its seat upon the trolley-wheel. E E are also fingersprojected in the same line and parallel with fingers D D and a shortdistance therefrom and serve, in conjunction with fingers D D, as asufficient size to clear the upper edge of the fingers D D and serve topresent a freelyturning contact-surface adapted to carry the trolleyclear of obstructions, relieving it from any dragging or entanglingcontacts and serving greatly to aid in the smoothness of the running ofthe trolley and in the protection of the trolley-wire system.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a trolley-Wheel, the combination with a frame structure supportingthe trolley-wheel, of projecting fingers bearing close alongside of theedges of the trolley-Wheel and extending a short distance beyond thesame provided with inwardly-bearing rib projections and tapered upperfaces and corresponding fingers adjacent to and parallel therewith, andautifriction-whcels journaled between the fingers, substantially asdescribed and shown.

2. In a trolley, the combination with a frame structure carrying atrolley-wheel and provided With a ferrule extension adapted to connectwith the trolley-pole, of integral fingersprojecting from the axis ofthe trolleywheel and bearing close alongside thereof and a shortdistance beyond the same provided with inwardly-extendin g ribs andtapered u pper faces and antifriction-wheels, suit-ably supported in theframework and the circumferences thereof bearing a short distance beyondthe ends of the fingers, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

3. In a trolley, the combination with a frame structure supporting atrolley-wheel and provided with a ferrule extension adapted to connectwith the trolley-pole, of integrally-connected fingers bearing closealongside of the trolley-wheel and provided With inwardly-projectingribs and inwardly-inclined upper faces, and a corresponding pair offingers a short distance therefrom and in parallelrelation therewithforming a pair of fingers on each side of the trolley-wheel andantifriction-whee1s journaled between each pair of fingers, theperipheries thereof bearing a short distance from the outer ends of thefingers, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.I

, GEORGE WV. PERRY.

Witnesses:

W. V. TEFFT, B. M. SIEGLE.

